Funding Considerations

Frameworks and Resources

Funding Success Stories

Tribal Nations awarded $26.7 mil through America the Beautiful Challenge

In November, the National Fish and Wildlife Foundation (NFWF) awarded $26.7 million to 14 Tribes through the America the Beautiful Challenge for ecological restoration and capacity building. While a positive step forward, the program awarded only 8% of requested dollars demonstrating the critical need for Tribal conservation funding. NAFWS and FNDI hosted 7 webinars attended by 62 Tribes. Technical Assistance will be offered again next year and webinars will be shared on social media accounts and the NFWF website after the RFP is announced.

Funding Opportunities

USDA Announces Grants for Urban Agriculture and Innovative Production
- USDA is making available up to $7.5 million for grants through its Office of Urban Agriculture and Innovative Production (OUAIP). The competitive grants will support the development of urban agriculture and innovative production projects through two categories, Planning Projects and Implementation Projects.
2023 Biodiversity Conservation Grant: Enhancing Pollinator Habitats is Now Open!
- Letter of Intent (LOI) deadline is March 10, 2023
- With major support from Toyota Motor North America, the National Environmental Education Foundation (NEEF) is excited to announce $200,000 in grant funding to support shovel-ready pollinator habitat enhancement projects on America’s public lands.
- Habitat enhancement projects should directly support the creation, restoration, remediation, improvement, and/or protection of habitats for important pollinator species such as butterflies, bees, bats, and more.The project should impact pollinators on at least 150 acres of public land.Additionally, projects should incorporate community outreach and engagement activities designed to educate and empower the public to help enhance pollinator habitats.

USDA Announces Community Prosperity Funding Opportunity
- The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) today announced approximately $4 million in available funding to develop partnerships to leverage USDA and local, state, and private sector resources to address challenges for limited resource, socially disadvantaged, and veteran farmers and ranchers, and communities.
USDA to invest up to $360 million in partner-driven conservation
The National Fish and Wildlife Foundation’s Northern Great Plains program has significantly increased the funding available in the 2023 Request for Proposals. The Northern Great Plains program anticipates awarding approximately $16 million in grants. This is the largest amount of funding available in the history of the program due in large part to a recent award NFWF received from theBezos Earth Fund. Our other major funding partners include the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, U.S. Forest Service, Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS), Bureau of Land Management, Marathon Oil, Altria Group, Occidental Petroleum Corporation, and the Margret A. Cargill Philanthropies.
- Proposals are due Monday, March 13, 2023, by 11:59 PM ET / 9:59 PM MT. Please review the RFP here:https://www.nfwf.org/programs/northern-great-plains-program/northern-great-plains-2023-request-proposals for more information on funding priorities and instructions on submitting an application. There is no maximum request amount for this RFP. Award decisions will be announced in mid-May, 2023.
- To ask any questions or discuss potential applications, please schedule a meeting with NFWF staff here. The majority of appointment times available are on Tuesdays and Thursdays from noon – 4pm MT. Please feel free to share this announcement with your contacts.
The Ecological Conservation (formerly Ecol. Forecasting) applications area of NASA Earth Science Division Applied Sciences Program funding opportunity now open: 'Earth Science Applications: Ecological Conservation'
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